Call for Papers
Irish women, migration, the diaspora and foreign relations
Women’s History Association of Ireland
University of Limerick
26-7 April 2013

The WHAI invites proposals for the 2012 annual conference that will address the themes of migration, diaspora and foreign relations. The conference will also have a dedicated postgraduate panel. Covering the period from the early modern to modern periods, several overarching themes are planned including the following:

Internal migrations
Seasonal migration
Migration as exile/punishment
Social impact of migration on women
Impact of migration on sending communities
Impact on receiving communities
‘Communities’ of Irish women overseas
Transnational cultural encounters
Political power of the migrant Irish woman
Recording the e/immigrant voice
War and female migration/resettlement
Advocacy/campaigning groups of Irish women abroad
Immigration and foreign relations

Paper proposals should be 500 words and be sent by 24th March to Dr. Bernadette Whelan, Department of History, University of Limerick at .

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